Banjo-support.



No. 856,804. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

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BANJO SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED IBEX, 1907.

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BANJO-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed February 2, 1907. Serial No. 355,477.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK BAMBER PIPER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Redbourn, St. 'Albans, Herts, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Banjo-Supports; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to banjos, and provides means for enabling theinstrument to be rotated on end, say on the stage of a theater whilebeing played upon by the artist, the object in view being to entertainthe audience by the exhibition of difiicult and expert performance.

In describing my invention, I will refer to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is an illustration of a banjo of the usual form andconstruction furnished with means for rotating the instrument on itsend, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section through the pedal andfoot.

In Fig. 1 a is the ordinary casing or drum with the skin removed, and bthe extension of the handle to which is attached by screws the plates 0having flanged ends 0 a plate d is also attached by screws to the insideof the casing a, and e is the rotary device shown in the form of anordinary ball bearing pedal of a cycle, fixed in between the plates 0, cand (Z. The spindle of this rotary device is fixed into the flange ordisk f, which by its size and weight is capable of serving as a pedestalto the banjo which is supported and rotated in the vertical position onthe spindle fixed into the said pedestal, the rotation being applied andcontinued at will by the hand of the artist.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of a stringed instrument provided with a neck and arim and a support having a flat base in which said in strument isrotatably supported, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a stringed instrument provided with a neck and arim and a support on which said instrument is rotatably mounted, saidsupport having a Hat base, and anti-friction devices between saidinstrument and said support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK BAMBER PIPER.

Witnesses DQMENICO MANFRED, JENNIE GREENE.

